Businesses behaviors and sustainable development

In the last years, sustainability has been associated with businesses, looking to the impact of their activities on environment and on people wellbeing and which […]

The European economy since the start of the millennium

DIGITAL PUBLICATION Edition year: 2019 Since the start of the millennium, the European economy has evolved and statistics can help to better perceive these structural […]

Research and development

Infographic on Research and development in Italy Click the image to download pdf  

Business demography

In 2017, the number of real births was 276,890, 20,000 less than in 2016. After the positive trend recorded in the last 5 years, the […]

The wealth of Italian households and non-financial corporations

The wealth estimates compiled by Istat and the Bank of Italy released as of today provide a comprehensive description of the assets held by households […]

Wage inequality indices in small enterprises

Istat disseminates the results of the estimates produced by an experimental database – obtained from the integration of different LEED type sources (Linked Employer-Employed Data) […]

Innovation in enterprises

In 2014-2016, 47.8% of Italian enterprises with at least ten persons employed undertook innovation activity. As compared to the previous period 2012-2014, the propensity to […]

Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate in May 2018 decreased from 116.9 to 113.7. All components worsened: economic, personal, current and future […]

Consumer and business confidence

With regard to the consumer survey, the confidence climate in April 2018 decreased from 117.5 to 117.1. The economic and future components improved (from 141.9 […]

Competitiveness of productive sectors

On the occasion of the presentation of the 2018 Report, Istat created an infographic on competitiveness of productive sectors. Click the image to download pdf […]